Matilda Hellman
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Professor of sociology, Uppsala university. Associate professor, university of Helsinki.
Annus horribilis 2025
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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
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Sociology Department Uppsala University
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Our colleague
@matildahellman.bsky.social
has recently published an interesting chapter analyzing how popular online news report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. Read the chapter here
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#AddictionStudies
#SociologyOfScience#Research
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Addiction Discoveries: Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience
This chapter examines popular online news items that report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. It uses the concepts of hype and spin to help frame this genre as a force of (bio)med...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-06313-7_11
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New year, new discoveries! 💥 The book ”Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour: New Critical Perspectives” is out now!
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🧠 I have contributed with a chapter on ”Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience”
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Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour
This edited collection critically examines the proliferation of the concept of addiction by psychiatry and other allied professions and its cultural use.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-06313-7
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In the early 2020s, despite increasing public concern about gambling harms, the city of
#Tampere
hosted a casino. 🎰 Read our study on the legitimisation of this last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and the state monopoly. With Paula Jääskeläinen.
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Tampere casino: The last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and a state gambling monopoly?
Abstract. In the early 2020s, despite growing public concern about gambling harms, the Finnish city of Tampere hosted a state-monopoly-operated casino as part of a new entertainment arena complex. Thi...
https://direct.mit.edu/ecps/article/12/2/190/131607/Tampere-casino-The-last-bizarre-synergy-between
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Matilda Hellman
Sociology Department Uppsala University
10 months ago
📢 Our college
@matildahellman.bsky.social
has recently published two timely pieces on the challenges facing science under the second Trump administration: a call to resist anti-science policy and an editorial on DEI in research. 🧪
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@nordicwelfare.bsky.social
is hosting an alcohol policy webinar in Helsinki today 🍷 with
@who.int
11 months ago
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Measles: What has not been widely reported is what comes next for those who have been infected —
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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia | Harvard Magazine
Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/measles-immune-amnesia
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Watch my brilliant colleague
@bradby.bsky.social
speak about the intersection of sociology and health⚕️🏥🩻
add a skeleton here at some point
11 months ago
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Matilda Hellman
Sociology Department Uppsala University
11 months ago
📖 Kicking off this week by sharing new research from our department on addiction from a sociological perspective. Check out more work on this topic here:
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#Sociology
#AddictionResearch
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Addiction discoveries: Hyping and spinning the superiority of neuroscience
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Sociology Department Uppsala University
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New Research from our Department! 📢 📝 Tripping in the Happiest Country of the World ,Use Values of Psychedelics According to Finnish Users 🔗
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This study explores how psychedelic use is understood and valued in Finland.#Sociology
#DrugStudies
#SocialScience
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Sociology Department Uppsala University
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New Research in our department: 📄 “A Double Decline in Character”: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Female Drug User Experiences in Iran 🔗
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